Engineering Seismology and the Earthquake Response of Structures
Instructor: Papageorgiou Apostolos
Course code: A26110
e-class:
Course content:
- Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
- Seismometry
- Seismic Waves – Overview
- Seismic Source (Important Source Parameters; Source Spectrum
- Scaling Laws)
- Path and Site Effects (including Basin Effects and Topography Effects) – Overview
- Prediction and Simulation of Strong Ground Motion (Empirical Approaches
- Mathematical Modeling Techniques -- Near-fault vs. Far-field ground motions)
- Seismic Hazard Assessment for Performance Based Earthquake Engineering; Relevance to Building Codes
- The presentation of the topics is tailored to the needs of earthquake engineers
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